The purpose of this paper is to argue the effectiveness of self-regulated learning in English education in Chinese college classroom instruction. A study is given to show whether the introduction of self-regulated lea...The purpose of this paper is to argue the effectiveness of self-regulated learning in English education in Chinese college classroom instruction. A study is given to show whether the introduction of self-regulated learning can help improve Chinese college students' English learning, and help them perform better in the National English test-CET-4 (College English Test Level-4,).展开更多
This paper describes the self—adjustment of some tuning-knobs of the generalized predictive controller(GPC).A three feedforward neural network was utilized to on line learn two key tuning-knobs of GPC,and BP algorith...This paper describes the self—adjustment of some tuning-knobs of the generalized predictive controller(GPC).A three feedforward neural network was utilized to on line learn two key tuning-knobs of GPC,and BP algorithm was used for the training of the linking-weights of the neural network.Hence it gets rid of the difficulty of choosing these tuning-knobs manually and provides easier condition for the wide applications of GPC on industrial plants.Simulation results illustrated the effectiveness of the method.展开更多
Effortful control (EC) is a temperamental self-regulatory capacity, defined as the efficiency of executive attention [1], which is related to individual differences in self-regulation. Although effortful control cover...Effortful control (EC) is a temperamental self-regulatory capacity, defined as the efficiency of executive attention [1], which is related to individual differences in self-regulation. Although effortful control covers some dispositional self-regulatory abilities important to cope with social demands of successful adaptation to school, such as attention regulation, individual differences in EC have recently been associated with school functioning through academic achievement including the efficient use of learning-related behaviors, which have been found to be a necessary precursor of learning and they refer to a set of children’s behaviors that involve organizational skills and appropriate habits of study. Therefore, the aim of this study is to review the literature on EC’s relationship to academic achievement via learning-related behaviors, which reflect the use of metacognitive control processes in kindergarten and elementary school students. The findings indicate that EC affects academic achievement through the facilitation of the efficient use of metacognitive control processes.展开更多
The study examined how Chinese non-English majors engaged in classroom interaction with their native English teacher and their peers and how they negotiated meaning to reach successful communication through scaffoldin...The study examined how Chinese non-English majors engaged in classroom interaction with their native English teacher and their peers and how they negotiated meaning to reach successful communication through scaffolding in a summer intensive English program in a key university in China. Sixteen Chinese non-English majors and one native English speaker were observed in three tasks:a decision-making task,an information gap task between the students and an interview task between the teacher and the students. The findings showed that the students initiated more to signal problems when communicating with their peers than with the native teacher when confronting communication breakdowns. In the peer interaction, 163 scaffolding episodes within 7 categories were identified with Feedback(25. 77%)as the most frequent category. Through their peers’ scaffolding, the students were able to self-regulate their discourse. Both the more proficient and less proficient learners were able to and willingly to offer assistance to each other,however,sometimes produce incorrect output. They may also fail to scaffold the peers because of their limited L2 knowledge. In the teacher student interaction,284 scaffolding episodes of 8 kinds were identified with Recruitment(29. 58%) as the most frequent category. The teacher scaffolded the students by demonstrating, simplifying the task and then gave positive feedback and interpretively summarized the students’ answer. The teacher’s scaffolding triggered more ideas and utterances from the students. Although the program was communication-oriented,the teacher drew the students’ attention to the form as the students paid more attention to their language form and were able to self-regulate their utterance most of the time.展开更多
文摘The purpose of this paper is to argue the effectiveness of self-regulated learning in English education in Chinese college classroom instruction. A study is given to show whether the introduction of self-regulated learning can help improve Chinese college students' English learning, and help them perform better in the National English test-CET-4 (College English Test Level-4,).
基金Supported by the National 863 CIMS Project Foundation(863-511-010)Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(983602011)Backbone Young Teacher Project Foundation of Ministry of Education
文摘This paper describes the self—adjustment of some tuning-knobs of the generalized predictive controller(GPC).A three feedforward neural network was utilized to on line learn two key tuning-knobs of GPC,and BP algorithm was used for the training of the linking-weights of the neural network.Hence it gets rid of the difficulty of choosing these tuning-knobs manually and provides easier condition for the wide applications of GPC on industrial plants.Simulation results illustrated the effectiveness of the method.
文摘Effortful control (EC) is a temperamental self-regulatory capacity, defined as the efficiency of executive attention [1], which is related to individual differences in self-regulation. Although effortful control covers some dispositional self-regulatory abilities important to cope with social demands of successful adaptation to school, such as attention regulation, individual differences in EC have recently been associated with school functioning through academic achievement including the efficient use of learning-related behaviors, which have been found to be a necessary precursor of learning and they refer to a set of children’s behaviors that involve organizational skills and appropriate habits of study. Therefore, the aim of this study is to review the literature on EC’s relationship to academic achievement via learning-related behaviors, which reflect the use of metacognitive control processes in kindergarten and elementary school students. The findings indicate that EC affects academic achievement through the facilitation of the efficient use of metacognitive control processes.
文摘The study examined how Chinese non-English majors engaged in classroom interaction with their native English teacher and their peers and how they negotiated meaning to reach successful communication through scaffolding in a summer intensive English program in a key university in China. Sixteen Chinese non-English majors and one native English speaker were observed in three tasks:a decision-making task,an information gap task between the students and an interview task between the teacher and the students. The findings showed that the students initiated more to signal problems when communicating with their peers than with the native teacher when confronting communication breakdowns. In the peer interaction, 163 scaffolding episodes within 7 categories were identified with Feedback(25. 77%)as the most frequent category. Through their peers’ scaffolding, the students were able to self-regulate their discourse. Both the more proficient and less proficient learners were able to and willingly to offer assistance to each other,however,sometimes produce incorrect output. They may also fail to scaffold the peers because of their limited L2 knowledge. In the teacher student interaction,284 scaffolding episodes of 8 kinds were identified with Recruitment(29. 58%) as the most frequent category. The teacher scaffolded the students by demonstrating, simplifying the task and then gave positive feedback and interpretively summarized the students’ answer. The teacher’s scaffolding triggered more ideas and utterances from the students. Although the program was communication-oriented,the teacher drew the students’ attention to the form as the students paid more attention to their language form and were able to self-regulate their utterance most of the time.
